Re-Entry Community Linkages (RE-LINK)

Funding Opportunity Number: MP-CPI-16-003 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: GrantCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.137Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-OPHSClosing Date: Apr 21, 2016Award Ceiling: $375,000Expected Number of Awards: 6Creation Date: Feb 18, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The mission of OMH is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs to eliminate health disparities. OMH serves as the focal point in HHS for leadership, policy development and coordination, service demonstrations, information exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to address the health needs of racial and ethnic minorities.The importance of providing support for formerly incarcerated individuals successful reentry to their communities as a critical tool in breaking the cycle of drug use and crime, providing a second chance, and improving the public health and public safety of our communities is widely recognized. RE-LINK will demonstrate the effectiveness of multiple stakeholders working together to implement a model transition process. Approximately 2.2 million individuals are prisoners in the United States. About 60 percent of U.S. prisoners are either African American or Latino. In the United States, about...
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